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Note: Harris is a member of BMO Financial Group. In the United States, BMO offers customers personal banking, business banking and wealth management services under the brand name “Harris.” To learn about Corporate Areas careers in Canada, please visit the BMO Financial Group careers site. |
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- Groups within Corporate Areas
- Common roles
- Sample intake and training programs
- What it's like to work here?
- Opportunities for students and recent graduates
Groups within Corporate Areas
Corporate Areas is comprised of Enterprise Risk & Portfolio Management, Corporate Communications, General Legal Counsel & Taxation, Finance, Investor Relations, Finance & Treasurer, Office of Strategic Management, Human Resources, Corporate Audit, Corporate Marketing and Community Affairs (U.S.).
Enterprise Risk & Portfolio Management is a group of approximately 800 risk professionals who ensure that BMO is an industry leader in risk management. They are responsible for policy setting, reporting, risk oversight, transactional management, portfolio management and education.Corporate Communications sets overall communications strategy and provides strategic advice and counsel for internal clients; sets guidelines and standards for communications across the organization; and manages the timing of all corporate announcements.
General Legal Counsel & Taxation manages legal risk and provision of legal services, oversight of domestic and international tax, corporate secretarial functions, corporate security and corporate compliance.
Finance prepares, analyses and disseminates information on financial performance.
Investor Relations acts as relationship managers to the investor community.
Finance and Treasurer is responsible for mergers and acquisitions, financial strategy, asset liability management, balance sheet funding and liquidity and capital management.
The Office of Strategic Management (OSM)’s primary function is to drive the development of winning strategies. To catalyze strategy development at both the enterprise and group levels, the OSM closely collaborates with colleagues across BMO. Together we define the goals, draw up the blue prints, and determine the measurable outcomes that will produce competitive advantage for BMO Financial Group, wherever we do business.
Human Resources forges the link between strategy, people and performance, enabling BMO to execute our customer-focused business strategies.
- The HR Standards and Services Teams are centralized HR groups, developing overall HR architecture and providing strategies and frameworks that ensure BMO meets its people management objectives.
- The HR Business Partners perform HR functions within each Business Group, providing strategic human resources insight in areas such as performance management, organization design, leadership, HR planning and staffing and workplace equity.
Corporate Marketing is responsible for developing and managing a coordinated brand strategy including BMO & Harris' advertising, corporate sponsorships and special events strategies. It is also responsible for market research, as well as the governance and coordination of our e-business and merchandising functions. Corporate Marketing works with our other Business Groups to increase our share of wallet, and continue to build equity in the BMO brand in Canada and the Harris brand in the United States.
Community Affairs (U.S.) provides Harris employees with the means and knowledge they need to engage in endeavors that make a difference in the community. We do this through programs such as Matching Gifts (Harris will match employee contributions to qualifying not-for-profit organizations), corporate partnerships with local cultural institutions and our support of United Way. This group’s mission is to enhance Harris’ image and strengthen our communities through building relationships that focus primarily on financial education and community development.
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Common Roles
- Analyst
- Manager
- Senior Manager
- Director
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Sample Intake & Training Programs
We offer a wide variety of opportunities for our employees to learn and grow. Check out our Commitment to Learning section to see how we’re investing in our employees’ development.
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Culture- Corporate Areas represents a diverse collection of corporate professionals who are united in providing strategic and operational support in the various professional disciplines. Across all groups the culture is supportive and high performing, and inspires success and commitment.
- We take our commitment to professional learning and development very seriously, whether it is supporting Finance and Audit professionals in designation-required training hours, assisting Human Resources Professionals to complete an HR designation (e.g. SPHR, PHR, GPHR) or supporting an employee pursuing further education such as an MBA.
Work Norms
- Formality/Informality: Corporate Areas maintains a professional office environment, with some groups being more formal than others.
- Hours: Work hours are generally normal office hours, however hours and volumes vary based primarily on our partner demands and where we are within the annual business cycle.
Employee Recognition Programs*
- Many areas institute employee recognition programs that acknowledge and reward employees for contributions that are reflective of their respective business groups. For example, Human Resources has a longstanding HR Stars Program which allows colleagues to recognize a co-worker who has proactively demonstrated the Bank's values of working collaboratively, making things happen, leading us higher and delivering results.
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Harris N.A. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Harris N.A. participates in the E-Verify Program.
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